The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-22
Local and State Notes.

On Aug. the c., H. g. D. will take their lin Q
of tickets out of the l., d. g. S. Office on South
Illinois street
number of general baggage agents have gone
to Denver this week to attend the convention OF
their association at that point.
General Manager Noonau of the B. g 0. Z an
kakee Dispatch, has gone to New York He ex
poets to be- absent several days
G. A. Lucas, the newly-appointed general
agent of the Lackawanna line spent yesterday
in the city prospecting for business.
Train and yardmen on the Pennsylvania lines
are the anxious seat again. The examiners
for color blindness are on their rounds.
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania, has ordered the boycott on the ST.
Louis, Arkansas d Texas and the Texas g. St
Louis roads lifted
Da yton railroad between Aurora and Louisville
has been suspended, owing vexatious litiga-
ton as to right Of way.
The Chicago, Pttsburg e. St Louis road
earned, in June $436, $40; increase over earniu Is
of June 1886. s57. 055. In net earnings an IN
crease of $45, 253 is shown.
FL. B. Hammond, receiver OF the l., d. & s.
road, who was to have been in the city yester-
day, is detained in New York by q slight illness.
He expects to be here next week.
The Ohio Falls rollngmill is turning ont
come one-eighth inch iron, thirty-six feet long,
for the Ohio Falls works. the longest mer-
chant iron ever turned out the mill.
Grain men here have been notified that the
Baltimore AZ Ohio this week commenced TO de-
liver grain at Philadelphia, with free harbor
transfer, which places the b. & o. on par with
the Pennsylvania in this respect.
The Wabash, in the second week of july
shows increase in earnings over the CORE
spending week in 1885, of $27. 900, or % per cent
The Cairo Vincennes s. Chicago. shows an in
crease of 81, 746. or IA per cent.
d. F. whitcomb has given the Rdenour au-
tomato Self-car-coupler Company leave TO fl no
five Belt road with this coupler, and
sarly in August exhibition of its workings
- -.w o ~ Da1N
prominent railroad men will be present to wit
ness the test.
passenger man who travels extensively
through the West, in commenting the Boy
doesn't peremptoriy order Mr. Ford to remove
the boycott from the Vandala line. He would
thus increase the revenues thousands of dollars
and make solid friend of every Western ticket
agent"
Some monster cars, with a carrying capacity Of
600 pounds. built for the Empire fast-freght
line, are being distributed to load with grain in
this territory. The so large and of SO
superior build that they attract a good deal of
attention. The line has recently placed $50 cars
of this class in the service which gives the line
total or 5112 box cars.
The c., l., St. L. & c. made low rate IN the
Knights of Labor. who proposed to get up a big
excursion TO Chicago at early day. The Big
-Four passenger department learning that if the
excursion came off and the knights went at
such a rate there would be a rate war for har-
mony's sake withdrew the rate and the excursion
is declared on
A. general passenger agent. in commenting on
the decision regarding the boycott by the inter
state commission, said that this simply means a
big fight between the Eastern and Western lines
as the latter will now open n vigorous boycott on
the Eastern roads which led in this matter and
they will be assisted by every broker and scalper
in the country.
Twelve hundred carloads of grain, Toledo
papers say were delivered to grain handlers in
that city the first three days OF this week It
must be that the grain comes from territory
where the shippers not posted on the Toledo
dealers methods of doing business. Some of
the Indian apolis dealers could give an experience
in this matter which would make interesting
reading.
Shpmests of live stock the last few days have
been large for midsummer and. strange as 1t
may seem. the mortality among the stock car
ried was not materially greater than the average,
Notwithstanding the extreme hot weather.
This Is explained by the fact that both the
shippers and transportation companies exercise
more care in handling stock when the weather
Is dangerously hot, putting smaller numbers OK
hogs or cattle in a than ordinarily.
After Aug i the c., H. e. d. will have three
tricks Of train-dispatchers. Under this ar
ranRement one set of train dis patchers is on
duty but eight hours of the twenty four.
The O.. l.. ST. L. 81 O. adopted this plan some